Category Archives: Research

Findings from the 2011 National Survey of Student Engagement released

Findings released today show that on average, full-time college students study 15 hours a week. However, study time differed by academic majors, with seniors in engineering averaging about 19 hours per week, while their peers in the social sciences and business averaged five fewer hours per week. Continue reading

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NCES Releases Report on the Characteristics of GED Recipients in High School: 2002–06

A new report from NCES found that GED recipients’ socioeconomic status was lower than that of high school graduates, but higher than the socioeconomic status of high school dropouts. This report uses longitudinal data to compare 10th-graders who four years … Continue reading

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IES Data on College Graduates in the First Year After College

This First Look describes the enrollment and employment experiences of a national sample of college graduates one year after their 2007-08 graduation. Continue reading

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